WHYTT, Robert. Essais physiologiques. 1759.
WHYTT, Robert.
Essais physiologiques.
Paris, Frères Estienne, 1759.
12mo (163x94 mm), (4)-295-(1) pages. binding : Contemporary full mottled calf, gilt flat spine, title in gilt on lettering-piece, marbled edges. Corners and one cap chipped. A waterstain on a corners of some pages. Minor worm's work on the first pages.
First edition in French.
This book is divided into two parts which are : "Des recherches sur les causes du mouvement des fluides dans les très petits vaisseaux des animaux" et "Des observations sur la sensiblité et sur l'irritabilité des parties du corps animal, à l'occasion du mémoire de M. Haller sur ce sujet".
Dr Robert Whytt (1714–1766) was a Scottish physician. President of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
His work, on unconscious reflexes, tubercular meningitis, urinary bladder stones, and hysteria, is remembered now most for his book on diseases of the nervous system.
Price : 200 €